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tacit
/ˈtæsɪt/
adjective
C2
Understood between people without being said.
taciturn
/ˈtæsɪtɜːn/
adjective
C2
Habitually saying very little.
tawdry
/ˈtɔːdɹi/
adjective
C2
Cheap and showy, and rather sordid.
telescopic
/tɛlɪˈskɒpɪk/
adjective
C2
Able to see far off, or made of sliding sections.
tempestuous
/tɛmˈpɛs.tjʊ.əs/
adjective
C2
Stormy, in weather or in feeling.
tenable
/ˈtɛn.ə.bəl/
adjective
C2
Able to be defended or maintained.
tenacious
/təˈneɪʃəs/
adjective
C2
2 meanings
Refusing to give up, however hard it gets.
tetchy
/ˈtɛt͡ʃi/
adjective
C2
Fretfully peevish and easily upset by small things, in the way an overtired child or an ailing person is.
timeworn
/ˈtaɪm.wɔɹn/
adjective
C2
Showing the marks of great age, faded or eroded by the passing of many years.
timorous
/ˈtɪməɹəs/
adjective
C2
Nervous and easily frightened.
topographical
adjective
C2
To do with the shape and features of the land.
torpid
adjective
C2
Sluggish and mentally inactive.
torrential
/təˈɹɛn.tʃəl/
adjective
C2
Falling in a violent rushing stream.
totemic
/təʊˈtɛmɪk/
adjective
C2
Standing as a powerful symbol for a group.
tractable
/ˈtɹæk.tə.bəl/
adjective
C2
Easy to manage or to deal with.
trenchant
/ˈtɹɛnʃənt/
adjective
C2
Sharp, clear and forceful in criticism.
trivial
/ˈtɹɪv.i.əl/
adjective
B2+
2 meanings
Too small and unimportant to bother with.
truculent
/ˈtɹʌk.jʊ.lənt/
adjective
C2
Defiant and aggressively ready to argue.
turgid
/ˈtɜːd͡ʒɪd/
adjective
C2
2 meanings
Pompous and tedious in style.